Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of advanced systems that can move around in their surroundings and complete various tasks. Most of these robots can effectively collect ...

Curiosity shapes many moments in our daily lives. It can also shape the minds of other species. A new study suggests that curiosity may be one of the hidden forces behind an unusual talent seen in a ...

Dyn-O: Building Structured World Models with Object-Centric Representations. Zizhao Wang, Kaixin Wang, Li Zhao, Peter Stone, and Jiang Bian. @InProceedings{dyno_neurips2025, author = {Zizhao Wang and ...

Humans begin learning words as infants, naturally linking them to meanings and associations. A fork connects to a bowl because both relate to eating. New research shows that dogs can form similar ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We’ve long known that dogs are pretty smart. They may “picture ...

Certain dogs can not only memorize the names of objects like their favorite toys, but they can also extend those labels to entirely new objects with a similar function, regardless of whether or not ...

Summary: A new breakthrough shows how robots can now integrate both sight and touch to handle objects with greater accuracy, similar to humans. Researchers developed TactileAloha, a system that ...

Earlier this month astronomers were thrilled to discover only the third known interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the suspected comet has just zoomed past the orbit ...

3I/ATLAS is an interstellar object, originating outside our solar system. It's traveling much faster than previously observed interstellar objects. Scientists believe it may have formed in a different ...

A new study by researchers at Northwestern and Harvard reveals that infants as young as 15 months can infer the meaning of unfamiliar words even when the objects they refer to are not visible. By ...